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Catch and Release in Marine Recreational Fisheries

2002
<em>Abstract</em>.—Management of the hook-and-line-only fishery for Pacific halibut <em> Hippoglossus stenolepis </em>in waters off the United States and Canada requires discard to the sea of Pacific halibut bycatch (out of season, undersized, or by fishermen without individual quotas or licenses).
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The Valuation of Recreational Fisheries

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 1980
Contemporary valuation of recreational fisheries resources proceeds from the proposition that fisheries resources are nonpriced resources. There is a fundamental need to challenge this proposition. Present valuation techniques for recreational fisheries serve neither the requirements for economic efficiency nor the distributional objectives of ...
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The Recreational Fishery at Pilgrim Shorefront

1984
A creel census conducted during 1973–1975 determined fishing effort, catch, and value of the recreational fishery at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station’s Shorefront. An estimated 21,120 angler visits were made and 9,332 fishes caught for a mean catch rate of 0.22 fish per angling hour. Cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus) 37%, bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) 32%,
Robert P. Lawton, Phillips Brady, Christine Sheehan, Wendell Sides, Elizabeth Kouloheras, Mando Borgatti, Vincent Malkoski   +6 more
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Anglers' perceptions of recreational fisheries and fisheries management in Mallorca

Ocean & Coastal Management, 2013
The growing relevance of recreational fisheries has increased the need for acceptable, workable and sustainable policies. Identifying the regulatory preferences and perceptions of anglers can assist in determining fishers' behaviors and improving the management of coastal fisheries. In this case study of Mallorca Island, Spain, we investigated anglers'
Cardona, Federico, Morales-Nin, Beatriz
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Future of Recreational Fisheries

1996
Many good ideas to improve recreational fisheries have been presented over the past 20 years, especially in freshwater, but progress in evaluating or implementing new management concepts has been slow. Saltwater recreational fishing is increasing rapidly, and coordinated planning needs serious attention, and soon.
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Resilient recreational fisheries or prone to collapse? A decade of research on the science and management of recreational fisheries

Fisheries Management and Ecology, 2012
AbstractAre recreational fisheries resilient to harvest or prone to collapse? This paper reviews research published since that question was posed by Post et al. (2002, Fisheries 27, 6–17). A number of patterns and processes have been identified that suggest understanding the risk of collapse requires knowledge of the fishing effort response, degree of ...
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Recreational Fisheries Management

1996
This sport has a high economic value and is of considerable importance in the entire fisheries industry (commercial and recreational). Fisheries management plans require knowledge of total harvest from fish stocks, yet management plans were based only upon the commercial catch figures available from government agencies until comparatively recently ...
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Recreational Fisheries Biology

1996
The difficulties of determining the extent and value of recreational fishing, together with the concept of an “inexhaustible sea,” have discouraged biological research on recreational species. Because many species are of both recreational and commercial value, commercial fisheries” research results (stimulated by population declines) have been utilized
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RECREATIONAL FISHERIES IN EUROPE AND ROMANIA

This paper is a synthesis of information on recreational fishing in Europe and Romania. In recent years, this type of fishing has become increasingly important in the European Union, and the number of recreational fishermen has increased considerably.
Daniela Cristina, Ibanescu, Adina, Popescu, VASILEAN, Ion   +2 more
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Towards the Development of Recreational Fisheries in Kerala

Tourism Recreation Research, 1998
Development of recreational fisheries is currently not on the agenda of academic thinking in fishery scientific circles in Kerala This paper seeks to establish a case for developing a recreational fishery in Kerala. It has been argued on grounds of potential markets and developmental needs.
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